Le retour des champs, by Renoir

An image of Le retour des champs (The Return from the Fields). Renoir, Pierre Auguste (French, 1841-1919). Oil on canvas, height 54 cm, width 65.1 cm, 1886.

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Le retour des champs (The Return from the Fields). Renoir, Pierre Auguste (French, 1841-1919). Oil on canvas, height 54 cm, width 65.1 cm, 1886.

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Accession Number: PD.29-1964
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 855 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 196.74kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2011:04:05 10:57:30

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19th Century agriculture animal animals apron cattle cows dairy exterior farming farmland female fields Fitz_PDP French harvest haystacks Impressionism Impressionist landscape livestock milkmaid oil on canvas painting peasants Pierre Auguste Renoir Renoir rural rustic sheep shepherdess Summer workers

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